Gisele Commented on Instagram Models, Got Yelled at for It, Then Apologized and Said She Admires Them
CelebritiesDirt BagRetired runway model and working print model Gisele Bündchen appears on the cover of the most recent issue of Vogue, which would be a cause for many a yawn if not for some comments about the state of the modeling industry in 2018—namely, the Instagram modeling industry. Bündchen said her sister started her Instagram profile, and added (per People):
“If it was me, it would only be pictures of sunsets [rather than snaps of herself]. It’s not my generation — I have to be honest about that. I’m older, wiser. If I had to promote myself in the way girls modeling now have to do it, forget it. I wouldn’t do it.”
This suggestion that she’s smart and Instagram models are dumb apparently didn’t go over well, because she quickly issued an apology that was typed in Instagram stories, screengrabbed, and uploaded to Twitter.